David F & Sara K Weston Fund
Galveston, TX · EIN 31-6026109. Reported 188 grants totalling $608,100 to 93 organizations across tax years 2021-2024. This foundation did not tell the IRS it funds only preselected organizations.
Does this foundation accept applications?
Yes -- on its own tax return. Form 990-PF asks every private foundation whether it makes grants only to organizations it selects itself. Of the 91,758 foundations in our data that made a grant and answered, 78% said yes -- and applying to those is wasted effort. David F & Sara K Weston Fund did not check that box on its most recent filing, which puts it in the minority that is at least open to being approached.
How big are its grants?
The median grant is $1,500. Half of everything it gave fell between $1,000 and $2,500; the smallest was $500 and the largest $50,000. If you are asking for materially more than the top of that range, you are asking the wrong foundation.
Every organization it funded
This is the complete list from its filings, largest first. Years funded is the number of separate tax years in which the organization received money -- more than one means a real relationship rather than a one-off.
| Organization | Location | Total received | Grants | Years funded | Last |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monoamine Oxidase Deciciency Foundation | Galveston, TX | $100,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Greater Cincinnati Foundation | Cincinnati, OH | $80,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Contemporary Arts Center | Cincinnati, OH | $72,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Contemporary Art Center | Cincinnati, OH | $35,000 | 2 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $27,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| National Center for Science Education | Oakland, CA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Planned Parenthood of Southwest Ohio | Cincinnati, OH | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Union of Concerned Scientists | Cambridge, MA | $12,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Fund for the City of New York | New York, NY | $9,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| La Leche Luegue International | Raleigh, NC | $8,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Earth Justice | San Francisco, CA | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | New York, NY | $7,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Promise | Billings, MT | $7,500 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Friends of the Israel Defense Forces | New York, NY | $7,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Galveston Historical Foundation | Galveston, TX | $7,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Galveston Naval Museum | Galveston, TX | $6,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army Galveston | Galveston, TX | $6,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Earthjustice | San Francisco, CA | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Environmental Defense Fund | Austin, TX | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Galveston College Foundation | Galveston, TX | $5,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice | Washington, DC | $5,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| American Indian College | Denver, CO | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Brain & Behavior Research | New York, NY | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Elizabeth Glazer AIDS Foundation | Boston, MA | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Grand Canyon Conservation | Grand Canyon, AZ | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Guttmacher Institute | New York, NY | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jane Goodall Institute | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Legal Aid Society of Greater Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Physicians for Reproductive Health | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| World Wildlife Fund | Washington, DC | $4,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| American Society for Yad Vashem | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Cincinnati Symphony Orchestra | Cincinnati, OH | $4,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Jewish Foundation for the Righteous | West Orange, NJ | $4,000 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Joint Distribution Committee | New York, NY | $4,000 | 4 | 3 | 2024 |
| Temple B'nai Israel | Galveston, TX | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| YMCA Billings | Billings, MT | $4,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jewish Federation of Houston | Houston, TX | $3,500 | 4 | 4 | 2024 |
| Shriners Children's | Topeka, KS | $3,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Holocaust and Humanity Center | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Holocaust Museum of Houston | Houston, TX | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Huc-Jir | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Jfna Network of Independent Communities | New York, NY | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Lydia's House | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Ocean Conservancy | Cincinnati, OH | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| Special Olympics Montana | Great Fals, MT | $3,000 | 2 | 2 | 2023 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Meuseum | Washington, DC | $3,000 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Catholic Charities of Galveston | Houston, TX | $2,500 | 3 | 3 | 2024 |
| Family Promise of Yellowstone County | Billings, MT | $2,500 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Shomrei Olam | Cincinnati, OH | $2,100 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Acj Houston | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Ajc Houston | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2022 |
| Billings Community Foundation | Billings, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Billings Library Foundation | Billings, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| City Fund of New York Scholarship Plus | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Promise | Humble, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Promise Endowment | Humble, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Service Foundation | Landover Hills, MD | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Family Service Inc | Houston, TX | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Hadassah | New York, NY | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Jdc Archives | New York, NY | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| La Leche League International | Raleigh, NC | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Lydia's House | St Louis, MO | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montana Audubon | Helena, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Montana State University Billings Foundation | Billings, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mt Audubon Cec | Helena, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Mt State University | Bozeman, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Satori School | Galveston, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| To Cure a Rose | Austin, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Utmb Health | Dallas, TX | $2,000 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Yellowstone Art Museum | Billings, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Yellowstone Art Museum Endowment | Billings, MT | $2,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Cincinnati Zoo | Cincinnati, OH | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Footsteps | New York, NY | $1,500 | 2 | 2 | 2024 |
| Life Covenent Church | Torrance, CA | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Tunnel to Towers | Staten Island, NY | $1,500 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Admiral Nimitz Foundation | Fredericksburg, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Ajc Cincinnati | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| American Jewish Committe | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| B'nai Brith International | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holocaust & Humanities Center | Cincinnati, OH | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Holocaust Museum Houston | Houston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Jnfa Network of Independent Communities | New York, NY | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| National Wwii Museum | New Orleans, LA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Rosenberg Library | Galveston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2024 |
| Salvation Army Galveston County | Galveston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Simon Wiesenthal Center | Los Angeles, CA | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Smart Family Literacy | Galveston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| The Bryan Museum | Galveston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2023 |
| United States Holocaust Memorial Museum | Washington, DC | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Utmb Graduate School | Galveston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2022 |
| Utmb Gsbs | Galveston, TX | $1,000 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Institute for Southern Jewish Living | Jackson, MS | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
| Union of Reform Judaism | Houston, TX | $500 | 1 | 1 | 2021 |
48 of 93 (52%) received money in more than one year over the 4 years we hold.
Measured the way we measure every foundation -- what share of one year's grantees are funded again the next -- this one retains 84%, across 3 year-to-year transitions. The median foundation retains about 67%, so this one is unusually consistent. A high number means its list is close to settled and a newcomer has to displace someone; a low one means it is still moving money around, which is where an opening is.
What the money was for
Taken verbatim from the purpose field of its filings. This is the closest thing to a statement of what this foundation cares about, in its own words.
- Billings Community Foundation
FOR BENEFIT OF MONTANA AUDUBON CEC ENDOWMENT - Mt State University
HEALTH SCIENCES BUILDING FUND
What kind of organizations it funds
By the recipient's own IRS classification, for the 76 grants where we could identify the organization. These are assigned categories, not our guesses.
Giving by year
| Tax year | Grants | Total | Median grant |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 49 | $152,000 | $2,000 |
| 2022 | 44 | $151,600 | $1,500 |
| 2023 | 47 | $142,000 | $1,500 |
| 2024 | 48 | $162,500 | $1,500 |
Tax years, not calendar years, and the most recent year is usually incomplete -- filings arrive about a year late, so a low final year means late paperwork rather than a foundation winding down.
Where its money goes
Foundations concentrate geographically far more than their mission statements suggest. 41% of this one's giving went to organizations in Ohio. If you are outside its footprint, that matters more than how well your programme fits.
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Funders that support the same organizations
These funders gave to organizations this one also funded -- some private foundations, some community foundations and other grantmaking charities. Shared grantees are the strongest available signal that two funders have overlapping priorities, and a funder already backing your peers is a far warmer prospect than one that merely lists your cause.
How to approach this foundation
- Check you are its size. The median grant is $1,500. Asking for ten times that is the most common way small organizations waste a submission.
- Check you are in its geography. Its giving is concentrated in Ohio.
- Read the recipient list above for organizations like yours. If nothing on it resembles your work, that is a real answer, and a cheap one to get.
- Look up the current filing before writing. The 990-PF names the foundation's officers and, where one exists, its application procedure. We link it below.
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Where these numbers come from
Everything above is taken from David F & Sara K Weston Fund's own Form 990-PF filings, which the IRS publishes in bulk. We used 4 returns (tax years 2021-2024). Nothing here is scraped, inferred, or estimated.
Address of record on the latest return: 7221 Broadway St, Galveston, TX, 77554. This is the address the foundation gave the IRS; many small foundations file through an accountant or a bank trust department, so it may not be where post to a programme officer should go.
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